氢 (qīng): hydrogen (chemistry)
氢 (qīng) is a Chinese character meaning “hydrogen (chemistry).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 气 (semantic), 又 (structural) and 工 (phonetic). It ranks #2817 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 氢 gas. Its radical form 气 (steam) appears in many related characters such as 气 (qì, gas), 氛 (fēn, miasma), 氧 (yǎng, oxygen (chemistry)).
Definitions
- hydrogen (chemistry)
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticgas
Decomposition: ⿹气⿱又工 (layout: surround-from-upper-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氢氧化钠noun | qīng yǎng huà nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH |
| 氢气noun | qīng qì | hydrogen (gas) |
| 氢氟酸noun | qīng fú suān | hydrofluoric acid HF |
| 氢弹noun | qīng dàn | H-bomb |
| 硫化氢noun | liú huà qīng | hydrogen sulfide H2S |
| 过氧化氢noun | guò yǎng huà qīng | hydrogen peroxide H2O2 |
| 重氢noun | zhòng qīng | heavy hydrogen (isotope) |
| 氯化氢noun | lǜ huà qīng | hydrogen chloride HCl |
| 氢氧化物noun | qīng yǎng huà wù | a hydroxide |
| 氟化氢noun | fú huà qīng | hydrofluoric acid |
| 氢原子 | qīng yuán zǐ | hydrogen atom |
| 氢能源 | qīng néng yuán | hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel) |
| 氢氧根离子 | qīng yǎng gēn lí zǐ | hydroxide ion OH- |
| 氢气球noun | qīng qì qiú | hydrogen balloon |
| 超重氢noun | chāo zhòng qīng | (chemistry) tritium |
氢 appears in 43 compound words: 58 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
学习氢字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí qīng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
You need to practice writing the character for "hydrogen" repeatedly to make it look neat.
...9亿元建设20万吨/年全酸性流化牀过氧化氢项目
. . . 9 yì yuán jiàn shè 2 0 wàn dūn nián quán suān xìng liú huà 牀 guò yǎng huà qīng xiàng mù
...900 million yuan to build a 200,000-ton-per-year fully acidic fluidized-bed hydrogen peroxide project
德阳工博会展“氢功”
dé yáng gōng bó huì zhǎn qīng gōng
Deyang Industrial Expo Showcases "Hydrogen Power"
...乔石化强化绿色布局 锁定半导体材料与低碳氢等高值市场
. . . qiáo shí huà qiáng huà lǜ sè bù jú suǒ dìng bàn dǎo tǐ cái liào yǔ dī tàn qīng děng gāo zhí shì chǎng
...Qiaoshi Chemical Strengthens Its Green Strategy, Targeting High-Value Markets Such as Semiconductor Materials and Low-Carbon Hydrogen
Character Family
气 Radical Family — Characters sharing the steam radical
Homophones — Characters pronounced qīng
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